William Brown Magnet Elem School

William Brown Magnet Elem School, a modestly sized elementary school in Chicago, Illinois, part of Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, instructs 232 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 39% leaner than typical.

Within Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, which oversees 622 schools and 324,396 students, William Brown Magnet Elem School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, William Brown Magnet Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William Brown Magnet Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.7%; this one delivers 26.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cook County shows median household income runs about $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), William Brown Magnet Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Rudolph Elem Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William Brown Magnet Elem School. On composite proficiency, William Brown Magnet Elem School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Brown Magnet Elem School has contracted 8%, going from 253 students in 2018 to 232 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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